This space includes periodic entries by the Center founder John Toussaint, MD. You are encouraged to post your reactions to these entries and engage in thoughtful discussion surrounding health care innovations. All comments will be pre-approved by the Center prior to appearing on this blog.
The June edition of Health Affairs provides a commentary by Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Michael Ramlet as to a more realistic financial projection for the Health Reform Bill
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President Obama will use a recess appointment to install Don Berwick as CMS director.Read the following article.
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This study compares Australia,Canada,Germany,Netherlands,New Zealand,U.K., and the U.S. on 5 dimensions of a high performance health system:quality,access,efficiency,equity,and healthy lives.The U.S. is last on most parameters.
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The following powerpoint slides summarize the core components of the healthcare reform bill as it relates to the delivery system
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This article in the New York Times shows that politicians can make anyone,even Don Berwick into a villain.
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The following slides show the timeline for the components of the delivery reform portion of the healthcare bill and how it is proposed it will be funded.
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CMS released new information about ACOs this week which will allow patients to choose whether they get all of their care from one ACO or multiple ones.This is an important clarification as it may make it even more difficult to track which part of the provider system gets paid for what.
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The following are my reflections of the lean healthcare transformation summit in Orlando which wrapped up yesterday.
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In his monthly e-letter Jim Womack relays his opinion about the state of healthcare and comments on our recently released book, "On the Mend" and the influence he thinks the book may have on the healthcare industry.
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Here is an article published in Medical Home News regarding Thedacare's work in redesigning outpatient care.Thedacare calls this The New Delivery Model but it represents a lot of the work that most people in the country are describing as the medical home.View article below.
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